ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Attorney General Anwar Masood Khan officiallyresponds over former President Pervaiz Musharraf death penalty.
Attorney General Anwar Masood Khan said according to the article 10 (A) ofthe constitution, fair trial is right of every citizen of the state butformer president Pervez Musharaf was convicted in absentia.
Addressing a presser at Press Information Department along with SpecialAssistant Firdous Ashiq Awan on Tuesday, the attorney general said that ifsomeone said that the judiciary was independent, it didn’t mean thatverdicts which fell outside the parameters of the law will be issued.
“When the additional attorney general went to court to present hisarguments, he was told that he hadn’t been appointed by the federalgovernment,” said Anwar Masood.
The attorney general said that whosoever broke the law should be punished.He said that Prime Minister Imran had always stood for the rule of law inthe country.
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“If a fair trial cannot be seen then the accused cannot be punished,” saidthe attorney general. “I will not defend any personality. Rather, I willdefend the law,” he added.
Special Assistant Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that all the nations paidtribute to Pakistan Army’s democratic ideology.
